Cement p.2 by Gladkov
Major themes: Practicality vs. Idealism, Sometimes Side-Characters are the Real Main Characters, Ambivalence
Cement p.1 by Gladkov
Major themes: Committees, Simple-hearted, working-class political commissars, Gender roles
The Captain's Daughter by Pushkin
Major themes: Is it really fatalist?, My boy Pugachev, Benedict Anderson will never leave us alone
Heart of a Dog by Bulgakov
Major themes: The Balalaika is stored in the pituitary gland, Novels as forum, Criminal Testes.
The Funeral Party by Ulitskaya
Major themes: Alcohol, The August Coup, the Labyrinth of Plots returns.